
Developers who are downloading the project think that they are downloading the real thing, but when they run it, a malware backdoor is installed instead. This is because the malware is disguised as an Xcode project called TabBarInteraction.


Malware can target all sorts of users, from those who might be naive enough to click on suspicious email attachments, to those who think they’re downloading a pirated movie when they might be downloading malware instead, and so on, so it doesn’t really come as a surprise to learn that there might malware out there that targets developers.Īccording to a report from Sentinel One, it seems that there is a malware making its rounds that targets developers who create apps for Apple’s iOS and macOS platforms.
